To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.

Be hard on yourself, easy on others.

All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.

Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.

There is not on the face of the earth-after the Book of Allah - a book which is more sahih than the book of Malik.

The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.

Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray - O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side, he may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.